Richard J. Giordano

Ineptitude, Conformity, and Obfuscation (eBook, PDF)

The Fraud of Teacher Evaluation in the Public Schools

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book tells the story of teacher evaluation from the perspective of a high school principal, one who has been an active participant in the process. Teacher evaluation is a fraud and this book explains why and how it can be fixed. This book begins with a historical perspective, followed by a description of what is wrong with the currently applied process. It ends with suggestions for making the process workable and productive.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216208815
• Artikelnr.: 74831860

Autorenporträt

Richard J. Giordano worked for over twenty five years in public education as a teacher and secondary school principal. Having left the public schools, he developed a unique educational program, that to help university student-athletes maintain good academic grade point averages while competing in sports. Beginning with football players at Indiana University and the University of Notre Dame, his "Making up Crap" learning heuristic was later employed to help both male and female athletes at other universities in a variety of sports. His work with student-athletes resulted in his first book: Super-Charged Learning: How Wacky Thinking and Sports Psychology Make It Happen. www.superchargedlearning.com. Dr. Giordano resides in Colorado. He is a frequent guest on the Rush to Reason radio show in Denver, speaking to the cultural and educational issues that impact the public schools in Colorado and around the nation. He can be reached by e-mail at: [e-mail]

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Way We Were: A Brief History of Schooling and Teacher
Evaluation
Early History
Chapter 2: Teacher Classroom Evaluation
Chapter 3: The Way We Are: The Current State of Teacher Evaluation
Chapter 4: The Way We Can Be: Toward Better Teacher Evaluation
Chapter 5: Leadership in Public Education
Conclusion
About the Author